Syrian Refugee Camps 2017

(Presented at Hawken School Alumni Give Back Day, May 2017- and updated for Cleveland Council of World Affairs April 2018)

Refugee Camp Workshop Slide Show

Link to ICRC Exploring Humanitarian Law Program. Exploration Modules are presented as PDF's in 19 Different Languages. The Refugee Camp Design Exercise has been adapted from Module 5B

Exploring Humanitarian Law Program

Refugee Camp Scenario- The Ghost Refugees at Rukban on the Syrian-Jordanian Border (BBC- Feb 2017)


ICRC- International Committee of Red Cross / Red Crescent Societies

Syria Crisis 2016
Four Things we must do to Reduce Suffering in Syria
Syria Facts and Figures- ICRC

UNHCR- United Nations High Commission on Refugees

Syria Emergency
2016 UNHCR End of Year Syria Report
Syria Regional Refugee Response
UNHCR Coordination Toolkit
UNHCR Partner List
Al Za'atari Infrastructure Map
Al Za'atari Refugee Camp Fact Sheet

Syrian Culture

Culture of Syria (Everyculture.com)
Refugees from Syria (Cultural Orientation Research Center)

News Media

CNN- Syrian Civil War Fast Facts
Refugees Struggle at a Camp Aid Workers Can't Visit (NPR)

Zaatari 360 Degree Experience

May 2017-April 2018 Updates

Background Paper- Jordan and the Berm- Rukban and Hadalat 2017-2018
September 2017- Daily Sabah- Rukban Refugee Camp to be Shut Down in Months
October 2017- Syria Deeply- Inside Rukban Camp- One of Syria's Most Desperate Settlements
UNHCR Jordan Operational Update October 2017
November 2017 Violence and Instability and the (Un)Making of Rukban Camp
UNHCR Jordan Operational Update December 2017
UNHCR Jordan Operational Update April 2018
Jan 8, 2018 Al Jazeera- Jordan Allows One-Off Aid Drop to Rukban Camp

UN Jordan Video- Aid Delivery Jan 2018

UNICEF Syria Crisis Situation Report-Jan 2018

DW News (Deutsche Welle) March 2018. A Rare Look inside the Rukban Camp